In order to be designated a Level 1 Trauma Center, hospitals must meet a variety of requirements. They must maintain usable ORs within 15 minutes, employ a minimum number of certified specialists, and admit at least 1200 trauma patients a year. 

Hospitals in big cities pass the test easily. But the farther away you get, hospitals are Level 2, 3, even 4, and sometimes all they can do is transfer people to get the care they need and hope they hang on. 

No matter how remote you are or isolated you feel, there's hope.

 And help is usually closer than you think.

 It's not always easy to ask. 

But with a little courage, if you look, you'll find what you need. 

Your family, your friends, your community, lifting you up.